Manos Dilaverakis's questions

I'm trying to enable HTTP-DAV on Apache (httpd.x86_64 2.2.3-43.el5.centos) running on CentOS 5.4.

I have the following relevant entries in my httpd.conf.

LoadModule dav_module modules/mod_dav.so
LoadModule dav_fs_module modules/mod_dav_fs.so

<IfModule mod_dav_fs.c>
    DAVLockDB /var/lib/dav/lockdb
</IfModule>

<Location /var/www/html/updates>
    Dav On
</Location>

/var/www/html/ is the Apache root. I have reloaded Apache without any errors in the error log. I can also access this directory via HTTP in Firefox.

I have an application under development which needs to communicate with the web server over HTTP-DAV, but instead reports that the web server returned "(405) Method not allowed". This happens when it sends a PROPFIND request.

Apache's access log reports the following when that happens:

192.168.1.29 - - [25/Nov/2010:17:21:26 +0200] "PROPFIND /updates/2.0.1.0/ HTTP/1.1" 405 320 "-" "-"

Presumably HTTP-DAV isn't enabled. What am I doing wrong?

Reply to pacey: There are no Limit or LimitExcept Directives in any of Apache's configuration files. There is no .htaccess file in /var/www/html/updates/ or /var/www/html/.

Reply to Zoredache: Apache has write access to updates.

Reply to iiegn: I gave cadaver a try. Apparently WebDAV's not enabled.

dav:!> open http://hybrid/updates/
Could not access /updates/ (not WebDAV-enabled?):
405 Method Not Allowed
Connection to `hybrid' closed.

The only relevant thing in the logs (LogLevel debug) is in the access log:

192.168.1.240 - - [26/Nov/2010:14:41:45 +0200] "OPTIONS /updates/ HTTP/1.1" 200 - "-" "cadaver/0.22.3 neon/0.25.5"
192.168.1.240 - - [26/Nov/2010:14:41:45 +0200] "PROPFIND /updates/ HTTP/1.1" 405 319 "-" "cadaver/0.22.3 neon/0.25.5"

I've got Apache 2 installed on a Suse machine. I've gone through its configuration files, checked out which modules are installed in Yast and even tried writing a rewrite rule in a .htaccess which doesn't work. I can't seem to find mod_rewrite anywhere.

I take it this mean that mod_rewrite is not installed? How can I find out for sure?

A HDD has just failed on a linux server (Red Hat Linux release 9) we support. Not a big problem since it's on a RAID (MegaRAID SCSI). We're now in the process of getting a new one to replace it. In the meanwhile, however, the server is constantly beeping and annoying the hell out of everyone there.

Since I have remote ssh access I was wondering if there was a way to get it to shut up, preferably via the command line, until we fix the problem.

I need to install version 1.4 of Subversion on a Suse 10.1 (64 bit) box. I can't change either of these two versions and there isn't an RPM for this distro. After looking around I assume that I'll have to create an RPM myself. Is there a better way than this? If not does anyone have any tips on the process?

I don't need a step-by-step tutorial, just a basic outline of the process.